厚い

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. この辞書は厚いです。▶ —
   This dictionary is thick.
2. 冬は厚い服を着ます。▶ —
   In winter I wear thick clothes.

Collocations

Mnemonic

あつい — 厚い, Yamato. An i-adjective. The same sound atsui carries three kanji ── 暑い (hot weather) / 熱い (hot to touch) / 厚い (thick). Three meanings on one sound, the kanji decides which. This word lives in the slug atsui-thick, separated from atsui-hot. The opposite ── 薄い usui-thin. For tangibly thick things ── 厚い本 (a thick book), 厚い服 (thick clothes). The kanji 厚 stretches into abstract usage ── 友情が厚い (a deep friendship), 厚い信頼 (firm trust). The Korean 'duteopda / dukkeopda' split runs along exactly the same line. The Korean reading hu is sister to the onyomi こう.

Quick check

1. Which kanji is right for "thick book"?

   • 厚い本 (correct, thickness)
   • 暑い本 (= "weather-hot book", absurd)
   • 熱い本 (= "hot to touch", wrong context)
   • 篤い本 (= "devoted book", N1 archaic)